Refrigerator.



J; THALHEIM'.

- REPRIGERATOR.

982,313. l Patented .1311.24, 1911.

ri rr s' s? JOI-IN THALHEIM, OF FOND DU LAC, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR T0GURNEY REFRIGERATOR CO., OF FOND DU LAC, WISCONSIN.

REFRIGERATOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 24C, 1911.

Application led August 16, 1910. Serial No. 577,399.

To all whom it may concern:

3e it known that I, JOHN THALHEIM, a citizen of the United States, andresident of Fond du Lac, in the county of Fond du Lac and State-ofiVisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inRefrigerators; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention consists in what is herein particularly set forth withreference to the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the claims ofthis specification, its object being to economize the construction ofrefrigerators having sheet-metal linings, as well as to provide forgreater rigidity of the bottoms of the ice-compartments of suchrefrigerators and to gain room in such compartments.

Figure l of the drawings represents a vertical longitudinal section viewof a fragment of a refrigerator in which my invention is contained,parts in the showing being partly broken away and other parts of therefrigerator omitted. Fig. 2 of said drawings represents a vertical,transverse central section view on the plane indicated by line 2-2 inFig. 1.

Referring by numerals to the drawings, 8, 4, indicate lapping sidesheets, and 5 continuous end sheets of the metal lining of arefrigerator-casing 6. This casing is of ordinary construction, and thecustomary ice compartment lid, air circulation flueplates, ice-rack anddrip-pan of the refrigerator have been omitted from the showing.

The bottom 7 of the ice-compartment is a sheet-metal pan having flaringsides and ends, the sides being extended upwardly to provide flanges 8,9. The rear side flange 8 of the pan extends up between the rearlining-sheets 3 and 4L and is permanently connected to the sheet 3 byrivets 10. The front side flange 9 of said pan extends up forward of thefront upper lining-sheet 3 to which it is permanently connected byrivets 1l, the

lower front lining sheet l being cut out to match the doorway of theprovision-chamber of the refrigerator.

l/Vhile the ice-compartment bottom extends from side to side of therefrigerator, its length and arrangement are such that aircirculationspace is had between it and the ends of said refrigerator. It alsofollows that there is no obstruction in the way of the descent of waterof condensation'in the ice-compartment on its way to the drip-pan of therefrigerator.

From the foregoing it will be understood that the ice-compartment bottomis economically and rigidly built into the refrigerator, and more roomobtained in said compartment than when said compartment is anindependent structure suspended in the casing of said refrigerator.

I claim:

1. A refrigerator having a sheet-metal lining the sides of whichcomprise lapping sheets of the material, an ice-compartment bottomprovided with flanges that extend between the lapping sheets of thelining, and means rigidly securing the flanges to adjacent sheets ofsaid lining.

2. A refrigerator having a sheet-metal lining the sides of whichcomprise lapping sheets of the material, an ice-compartment bottom inthe form of a pan upwardly extended at the sides to form flanges betweenthe lapping side sheets of the lining, and means rigidly securing theflanges of the pan to adjacent sheets of said lining.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand atFond du Lac in the county of Fond du Lac and State of Vxisconsin in thepresence of two witnesses.

J. B. PERKINS, F. B. GrrvnNs.

